Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-06-17
THE QUEEN OF ITALY.
A Charming Woman with Some Little
plebeian Nanities.

Plebeian Vanities.
Queen Margherita is a charming woman
and fairly pretty, writes Rome cores
pondent. She is cXccllcntly educated,
knows good deal about literature, and is
even writing book, they say She is
fond of ncedlcwork, ami has done some
very crcdtable work. Her literary taste
Is good and il is probable that in her
forthcoming book she will say some
things worth reading The subject of
the book is said 10 he The Duties of the
Wife and the Education of Children, "
which is certainly the very best subject on
which a Queen should advise the mothers
and wives of her country. She drives out
every day, and rs the livery OF her coach
man and footman is of an intense red, one
can always recognize her. To look at her
rs she drives along the COr~o one must
admit She is fair She j. tall and well
bull! Ca little two well, of recent months
brown hair and pretty brown eyes, nice
large mouth and excellent teeth, with the
prctticst smile 10 show thcm an excellent
complexion. too Everything she has in
proportion just right except that her nose
is too big. There Is no use denying it,
and the photographers may pose her as
they will, they can wipe away that nose
voice is sweet and well modulatcd. She
dcyotcs much time to her toilet, but her
dress is always simple, and. of course. in
excellent taste. She is not hard 90 ape
proach, and in her drives along the streets
the people often throw petitions into her
carriage, or even run alongside and tell
their woes. 1t is not hard to be presented
at court-intinitcly easier. in fact, than TO
even see the Pope, Americans are irc-
qucntly at her receptions. \ story is told
here of an American mother and daughter
which may not bc old in America. l viii
risk it for the storys sake.
The mother and daughter had. through
some one, received invitations 10 attend
reception. They came, magnificent The
Queen, il should bc told, had slipped a
day or two before and had injured her toe.
Well the old lady made her best bow, and
made fairly proper replies 10 the one or
two remarks of the Queen, who speaks
English. Then, as the lady was about 90
move on, she said. suddenly: go, almost
forgot Queen hoWs your toc.' And
turning to her daughter She added: "NcXt
time we stop here we must give the Queen
some of that ,aivc, Mary They never
stopped again She is "a very dcyout Cath-
Ole, and il Is said that when Pope Plus
was laid in state or all the faithful 90 kiss
the dead Poutins Toe for the last time
Queen Marghcrita Joined the long line OF
mourning and kissed his toe as Aumhly
ana deyoutly rs the humhlc>t peasant Girl
who stood before her Naturally then,
she is anxious for cancellation with the
Vatican, and j, doing all She can in quiet
way TO bring about that end Daring
Holy Week she visits seven churches every
day. Her tayorItc chapel is the little san
Sudario. So quietly and transformations
does she enter church ths' uo, long a-o
she was obliged 10 kuccl upon tic cold
marble floor at the Pantheon, among tAe
crowd, the priest moi having noticed L.r
entrance So dcyout "a believer size tla.
her enemies Say She is bi.otej.
Anyone seeming her now VIII duj it
hard TO believe that her health is NOT GOOD
She looks bcttcr-much bcttcr-upw than
she has for year past Since so when
the attempt Wa, made 10 stab the King at
Naples, who was riding beside her She
has suffered very much, and il seems to hc
an open secret that her physicians fear her
mind has been affected. E,pccllly Wa,
this the case three or four years ago, ami
on the occasion of a visit To- Genoa IL is
said to have been painfully apparent that
her mind was somewhat disturbed. How
ever, the has much recovered now aul
her physicians have every reason 90 hope
that in a short time every trace OF the iU.
tense nervous shock she suffered will have
She is as brave and fearless
rs her husband and She il only woman
i'm her fonducSs for admiration Every
one here speaks about recent adventure
in the thcatcr AT Turin. Sine intended 90
give her loving people a pleasant surprise
She entered very quietly and sat down i'm
the royal box. To Ter horror. there WAS
no popular outburSt 40 people rose cu
massc and shouted ;hcir "vivas. no
orchestra ground out the national anthem
The unhappy, disappointed woman sat
down and actually cried like little
child. She sent Tor the MAYOR OF the
city now Senator Fcrari>l. and
all dignity scoldcd him
like careless School-boy because She
had not been properly welcomed Fcwui,
calmly told her She should not have gone
to the theatcr iucogniio. II She had given
him days notice he would have arranged
a spontaneous burst Of enthusiasm, guar
antccd TO please even her II was little
late now, but he would still see what could
he done. lie hustled about, and SO. when
the Queen dried her eyes and concealed
lltll lNtAlliNN tll't SUM 1lll " ~ ltd4At ne
sent back word that the people had been
fixed and that ii was all right. Sure
enough, in the middle of the second act
the Queen stepped quietly To Inc front of
the EoX and the audience was correctly
Then Gang her triumph. They
and shouted vivas. and the band
played, and one of the actors, well known
for his excellent impromptu speeches,
stcDpcd front and i'm a meat LITTLE i'm.
promptu voiced the spontaneous onthu-i-
nsm. and thanked the Queen for the rare
surprise, winding zap with most happy
allusion TO the striking modcsty of that
beautiful flower whose name the Queen
so Justly bore The Queen was deeply
moved. But She takes good care never Ia
try the surprise act again Her constant
is the Narchc~c Villa Marina,
whose principal duty j, to let the Queen
read the new parts OF her book to her.